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"How are you feeling?"

"How do you thinking I'm feeling?"

They seemed to be driving forever. No one dared speak while Red on the old dirt road that Mr. Kind had described on the phone.

"How far did he say it was?" Eric asked.

"He said we would see a sign." Hyde answered.

"And this sign," Fez started to say, "Wouldn't be a body hanging from tree would it?"

Donna looked up. "Oh my god!" She screamed.

Red slammed on the brakes and they were out of the car before he had even turned off the engine.

They couldn't keep their eyes off the body. It dangled from the tree as though it was some sort of Halloween decoration.

"I'm going to go throw up now." Fez told them, running off into the woods.

"Don't go far!" Kitty yelled at him.

Hyde couldn't take his eyes off the body. "Someone help me get her down."

Kelso nodded and started to climb the tree. Something about Hyde was off, he could feel it.

"Sucks huh?" He said, untangling the rope.

Hyde just gave him look that said, very simply, shut up.

"Well, we looked around." Donna told them when her and Eric returned.

"Yeah, there's an old farm house up the way, and a cemetery." Eric said.

"More importantly," Donna continued, "There's an old mausoleum in the middle of said cemetery."

Red raised his eyebrow. "How is that important?"

"Fez, buddy, come on!" Kelso called.

"No, you guys come here!" Fez yelled back. "I found something!"

The kids all groaned and went to join Fez. He was on the ground, digging ferociously with his fingers.

"What is it Fez?" Kitty asked, kneeling down beside him. Fez moved slightly so that the group could see what he was digging at.

"Oh god, it's wood." Donna choked.

"I bet it's a coffin." Eric told them.

"No shit, Sherlock." Red looked at the ground. "This is fresh."

Eric looked around. "Uh, guys, isn't the cemetery that way?" He pointed north.

"Yeah, so?" Hyde asked,

"So why is it all the way over here?"

That was all he needed to say, they all began to dig with their hands, scraping the loose soil with their finger nails.

Soon, it was mostly uncovered. There was no sound coming from it.

"Come on, help me open it up." Red told the guys.

"I'd pray, but I don't know what to pray for." Eric said. Hyde didn't ask what he meant though, because he knew.

Donna looked around. "While you guys open that up, I'm going to go check out that mausoleum."

"Eric, go with her." Red ordered.

Eric nodded and climbed out of the hole. "Come on Donna, let's go look at the creepy cemetery." He took Donna's hand and they walked through the woods to the cemetery.

"I think we should look in there." Donna pointed to the mausoleum.

"You mentioned that before, why?"

"Because, I looked on the map, this land used to be owned by the Burkharts."

Eric and Donna shared a look and ran to the old stone crypt.

"Help me open the door." Donna told Eric. With a few pushes, they were able to open the door.

"You're never going to start healing until you open up."

"One, two, three!" The guys managed to lift the lid of the coffin.

It wasn't Jackie in the coffin, but an old man.

"I don't think he's been dead for long." Red said.

Fez stared down at the man and shook his head. "Hyde, can I talk to you?" he asked. The two got out of the hole and went to find some privacy.

"Hyde, I've been thinking."

Hyde put his hands in his pockets. "Yeah, what is it Fez?"

Fez was interrupted though by Donna screaming.

"Are you still having nighmares?"

"Yes."

"What happens in them?"

"I see his face."

Donna and Eric walked into the dark room.

"This flashlight sucks." Eric said, hitting it as it kept fading out.

"Come on." Donna took Eric's arm and the two walked further into the old crypt.

It was too dark in there, even with the flashlight and the door opened. Donna could barely see her own feet or hands. She took a step and tripped.

"Ow! Donna cried.

Eric leaned down to help Donna up. "Are you okay?" He asked. He tried to feel for where Donna was.

A hand grabbed his arm and scratched.

"Ow, Donna, it's just me!" He whined.

"That wasn't me." Donna said, getting off the thing that tripped her.

Eric hit the flashlight again and shined it on the culprit.

Donna stared at her best friend for a minute. Her hair was knotted and sticky with her own blood. Her clothes were torn and showed skin covered in welts. Jackie's eyes were wide and frightened.

"You're not real."

Donna did the one thing she could do, she screamed.

"They're never going to find who did this are they?"

"I'm sure the cops are looking."

"That's a no."

The group ran to the mausoleum as quickly as they could, leaving Sam and the old man's bodies behind.

Kitty ran into the building first, her mother's instinct taking over.

"Jackie?" She asked, kneeling down in front of the frightened girl. "It's okay, it's us."

Jackie shook her head. "No, trick.." She started to cry. "Just let me go."

"Mom, you might want to be careful. She's already tried to attack me and Donna." Eric told her.

Kitty nodded. "I can't help her here anyway; we need to get her to the hospital." She looked at Red. "Red, help."

Red took a deep breath and grabbed Jackie and picked her up, ignoring her cries of protest.

The gang watched as Red carried Jackie out, followed by Kitty and Bob.

They didn't speak as they followed them back to the car, no one spoke as Red sped to the hospital, or when Jackie was admitted into emergency surgery.

It was Hyde who broke the silence.

"FUCK!" He hit the wall as hard as he could. No one admomished him for his language or for releasing his anger onto the wall. It was as though they had all been waiting for it to happen.

Defeated, Hyde sat back down in his chair and the silence was once again reinstated.

The doctor came in a few minutes later.

"Are you all here for Jackie?" He asked as the group scrambled towards him.

"We are." Red said.

"Well, I'm not going to lie to you, she's not doing well. It was touch and go for awhile; she had a lot of internal injuries, including a nasty concussion."

"But she's going to be okay right?" Eric asked his voice hitching.

The doctor shrugged. "We've repaired her injuries and we got the swelling in her head to go down, but we won't know anything for sure until she wakes up."

"Can we go see her?" Kelso asked his voice raw.

The doctor looked at the group and realized he wouldn't be able to say no. "One at a time. The nurse will show you the way."

"I dreamt about Sam."

"You blame yourself for her death."

"No."

"Jackie, it's not your fault."

Kitty stood in front of Jackie's monitors. "Well, it looks like your vitals are okay, so that's good."

She leaned down to move Jackie's hair off her face. "Well, at least they cleaned you up." Kitty told her. "You're starting to look like yourself again."

"Are you cold?" She asked the sleeping girl. "You look cold. I'll tell the nurse to get you another blanket." She gave the girl a kiss on the forehead and left the room to find Red.

Red Forman had seen many things in his life, some good, some not so much, but seeing her hooked up to machines made him more angry than he had ever been.

"So, the uh, Toyota is acting up again." Red said, not sure of what to say. "and you promised me you would help me fix it."

After Bob came out of the room, the gang all looked at each other.

"Who wants to go first?" Kelso asked. When no one answered, he decided he would do it.

"So, Jackie." Kelso sat down in the chair next to her. "You look like crap." He tried to joke. "Seriously, you need to do something about yourself." He smiled at her.

"I'm just kidding." He told her. "You look fine." He lied. "Or you will. The doctors said the scars can be fixed, and the bruising will fade. You might not be able to wear tank tops anymore, which is a shame."

Kelso sighed. "Hyde is really worried about you. He's trying to pretend he doesn't care, but he's scared. Hyde, scared." Kelso laughed slightly. "I think you should forgive him, Jackie."

He was interrupted by Eric coming in.

"Oh, hey." Kelso said to him. "I guess I'll go." He smiled sadly at his old girlfriend and left Eric and Jackie alone.

Eric sat down in the chair Kelso had just occupied.

"Okay, so Kurt and Spock landed on this planet…"

"Jackie, I think we need to break up." Fez was crying as he said this. "It's not because of how you look, because I don't care how you look. It's because Hyde loves you, and I think you love him. You should be together." Fez gave Jackie a small kiss goodbye.

"How do you feel about Fez breaking up with you?"

"It's fine. It's better this way."

"What do you mean?"

"I mean, he doesn't need to see me like this."

"Are you talking about your appearance?"

"I'm talking about everything."

As soon as Donna walked into the room she did what she had wanted to do for the past three days, and started crying.

"We found you." Donna told her. "So, you owe us midget. You have to wake up." She ordered her.

There was nothing more to be said. Donna found an empty space beside Jackie and carefully laid beside her. "I'm sorry." Donna whispered into Jackie's ear.

"I think my friends are worried."

"That's understandable; you've been through some intense trauma."

Donna walked out of the room feeling defeated. "It's all you." She told Hyde.

Hyde didn't know if he could do it. It wasn't because he didn't care about her, or because she looked bad, but because he didn't know what to say. What do you say to the girl you loved more than anything but kept hurting time and time again? What did you say to the girl who was currently dating your best friend?

"I'm sorry." The words were out of his mouth before he could even stop them. "I'm so sorry."

"Tell me about Steven."

"What about him?"

For the next week, Hyde was in the hospital the first thing in the morning, and he stayed until the nurses kicked him out at night. The others would come as soon as they got off work. Donna and Eric were staying with Bob, and Kelso was sleeping on Fez's couch.

Hyde didn't realize he was holding Jackie's hand until she squeezed it. "Puddin'pop."

He lifted his head and looked at her. "You're awake!"

She smiled slightly. "I knew you would find me."

Hyde was grateful for his Zen. "Yeah, well..." He stood up. "I'm gonna find your doctor."

"I see you're wearing sunglasses."

"The sunlight hurts my eyes."

"You guys are here a lot." The nurse said to them a week later. "This girl must be really special to you."

The gang said nothing to the nurse, and simply walked into Jackie's room. Since she had woken up three days earlier, they were now allowed in her room at once.

She was doing better. She was still covered in bandages and was on morphine for the pain, but she was, for the most part, better.

"Are you okay?" Donna asked when Jackie gave a soft cry.

"Yeah, I'm being poked by something." Donna reached underneath Jackie and pulled out a GI Joe. She threw it at Eric's head.

"Ow!" He rubbed his head.

"What is that doing on Jackie's bed?" Fez asked.

"He was describing how you guys rescued me." Jackie told them, smiling.

"So, mom and dad decided that you're going to move into Laurie's old room." Eric told her.

"Oh." Jackie didn't know what to say.

"Tell me about your current relationship with him."

"I think he has feelings for me."

"And how does this make you feel?"

"I'm telling you, Aquaman could kick Spiderman's ass."

Eric rolled his eyes. "Fez, Aquaman doesn't even do anything. He just swims."

"Both of you are wrong." Kelso told them. "Everyone knows that Batman beats them all."

That earned Kelso a glare from both guys. "Batman? He doesn't even have any super powers."

"He has the batmobile, Eric."

Fez nodded. "He's got a point."

"Spiderman still rules."

Hyde nodded. "He says that because he's geeky, just like Peter Parker."

Kelso and Fez laughed at Eric's expense.

"This is true." Fez said.

Jackie watched as her friends continued to argue about superheroes. She didn't need superheroes though. They had found her, and because of them, she was slowly starting to feel like herself again.

She had even let Fez and Donna take her shopping.

Hyde of course, followed, because that's what he did.

"He cares about you." Donna told her as they exited Fanny Farmer. "He just wants to make sure you're safe."

"Well, it's annoying." Jackie crossed her arms and glared at Hyde who was keeping his distance. "It was so much easier when we weren't speaking."

Donna sighed. "About that, you haven't really talked about what happened."

"I talk to my therapist." Jackie responded.

Donna and Fez shared a look. They didn't believe Jackie truly talked to her therapist for a minute.

"How do you feel about what happened to you?"

"I was kidnapped and beaten. My hair was shaved off so that doctors could relieve the bleeding in my head. How do you think I am?"

"I think you're avoiding the issue."

"There's nothing to avoid."

"So you're telling me that you're not scared?"

"You snuck out." The words were accusing.

"That's right."

Hyde slammed his fist into the table. "Damn it, Jackie, you can't do that!"

Jackie stared at him. "When are you going to accept that I'm okay?"

"When are you going to accept the fact that you're not?" Hyde asked her.

"I'm fine!" She shouted. "Everyone needs to just leave me alone." She ran out of the kitchen and up to her new room.

"So, I heard you and Steven had a fight." Red said the next morning when Jackie came down for breakfast.

"Don't tell me that he's doing it for my own good."

Red raised his eyebrow. "I wouldn't dream of it." He studied the girl for moment. "Finish your breakfast; you're going to help me with the car today."

Jackie did as she was told, and soon found herself in the garage wearing her old clothes. Red handed her the wrench.

"You know what to do." He cracked open a beer for himself and sat down as she rolled underneath the vehicle.

"Hey, have you see Jackie?" She could hear him ask about her.

Jackie silently prayed that Red wouldn't tell him.

"Can't say that I have."

Hyde sat down. "I know I've been annoying her, but man, she got kidnapped, and the guy is still out there. She just won't accept it."

It wasn't true. She did accept it. She accepted it every night when she double checked to make sure her window was locked, and she double checked every time she crossed the street, or when she opened her car, or she opened the closet to get her clothes.

She wasn't just scared. She was terrified.

"Things were so much easier when he was a jerk. I knew what to expect."

"So you think he's over compensating?"

"I think he feels guilty."

Jackie longed for the days when everything was normal again. When she could go outside without one of her friends following her or acting like someone was going to pounce at her at any moment.

"Where is everyone?" She asked, slowly walking down into the basement.

"They went to the movies." Hyde answered, not taking his eyes off the TV.

"Okay." She sat down on the couch.

"I see you aren't wearing your hat."

"Yeah, well, my hair has grown back in enough that I don't need it."

She knew she looked even smaller with short hair. She felt smaller.

"Stop it." She commanded when he wouldn't stop staring at her.

"You stop it." He teased.

"You really need to stop following me around." She said when she came out of the bathroom one day. "Nothing's going to happen to me in there."

She didn't understand what he had been through. Didn't understand the feeling of waiting for the next phone call, and wondering if it was the man who kidnapped her or the police saying they found her body.

She just didn't fucking get it.

"You never know." He joked. "You could uh, fall."

She gave him a slight smile. "Steven, I know what you're doing. I'm fine, really."

He put his hands on her shoulders. "Jackie, someone took you, and they haven't found who or why, and until they do, I'm going to watch after you."

Something about the way he said that made Jackie look down. He pulled her in close and held her as she cried. "Hey, it's okay." He whispered. "I'm not going to let anything happen to you."

She choked back her tears. "I'm sorry." She cried.

"No, no… Jackie, you did nothing wrong. I'm the one who is sorry."

"So, you feel guilty is that it?" Jackie asked accusingly. Whatever emotion she had been feeling before was now gone.

Hyde looked into her eyes. "Jackie, I'm going to say this to you once. When Fez told me that you hadn't come home, my heart fucking dropped."

"It's not like I left on purpose."

"I know! But you were still gone and I realized that I…"

"That what?" She asked.

"That I'd never see you again."

Jackie nodded thoughtfully. "And now that you can?"

"I don't want you out of my sight."

"Do you think I'll ever be okay again?"

"You mean will you ever be like you were before the kidnapping?"

"Yes."

"Jackie, you will never be the same again, you can't go back in time and erase what happened to you. Nor can you forget it. The trick is to learn from it and use it to become a healthier, well adjusted person."

"What is there to learn from being kidnapped and beaten nearly to death?"

"Turn on the TV." Donna commanded as she ran into the basement. Fez quickly turned it on.

The gang watched in fascination as the news reporter spoke. "Police apprehended the man when he broke into the Patterson estate."

"Oh my god." Jackie said when a picture of Mr. Kind flashed on the screen. "That was him."

"The man, James L. Price went by the alias of Mr. Kind. After searching his property, police found the bodies of three missing girls from the Osh Kosh area."

Fez quickly turned off the TV after seeing the look on Jackie's face.

"Jackie?" He asked, hesitantly. The others were waiting for her response.

She wasn't looking at them though, or the now blank screen. She was looking at the faint traces of rope burns on her arms. She could feel Donna move closer to her, and the eyes of everyone cared about the most were on her.

"Are you okay?" Eric asked.

Jackie looked up. "Yes." She got up from the couch to go upstairs but something made her turn around. She took off her sunglasses.

"No." It came out in a whisper, but they heard it. She found herself in between Donna and Hyde, and she knew that they were having a silent conversation above her head. She silently cursed tall people.

"We know." She wasn't sure who said it.

"I see Mrs. Forman made you smiley face pancakes." He smiled at her as he sat down for his own breakfast.

"Yeah, so, are you going to follow me around again today?"

"Actually, I was thinking of letting Donna and Eric take care of you. I've got to go check on the record store."

She smiled gratefully at him. "Thanks."

"No problem."

"Steven?" She called as he started to walk out the door.

"Yeah, Jackie?"

"Do…" She trailed off, not able to ask the question.

He smiled patiently at her. "Jackie."

"Do you think maybe we could hang out in the basement later?"

He pretended to think about it. "Will I get to see you naked?"

She laughed. "Probably not."

"Oh… well, I guess."

She smiled. "Yay."

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"I think I understand what you meant about learning from my experience."

"And what did you learn?"

"That I have people who love me, who want to keep me safe."

"Are you sure that's all? What about you?"

"What about me?"

"What did you learn about yourself during that time?"

That night everyone was gathered in the living room to watch The Godfather. Jackie stood inside the kitchen; listening to the people she considered her family. She remembered what her therapist had asked her. Taking a deep breath, Jackie walked through the doors.

They all looked up at her. Fez and Kelso were sitting on the floor; Donna, Eric and Kitty were on the couch. Hyde was on the piano bench and Red was in his chair. They were all looking at her expectantly.

Kitty had already turned off the TV. She smiled gratefully at her and took another deep breath.

"I'm ready to talk now."

CUT

So that's it, apart from the epilogue.

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